An Indian-origin cab driver who picked up a couple, including a pregnant woman, as passengers, delivered three people safely to a hospital on a cold winter night, with the female giving birth on board, local media reported.

Hardeep Singh Toor, a Calgary taxi driver, answered a late-night dispatch call last Saturday for what he was told was an urgent ride to a hospital. Toor realised the urgency of the situation as soon as he saw the couple in distress. With temperatures around minus 23 degrees Celsius, stormy weather and slippery roads, he said his only focus was getting them to the hospital as quickly and safely as possible.